World-News: Iraq War

Iraq War - Irak Krieg

Karen DeYoung, writing for The Washington Post, reports: "A long-term 'relationship' being negotiated between the United States and Iraq will include U.S. 'security assurances and commitments ... to deter foreign aggression against Iraq that violates its sovereignty and integrity of its territories, waters, or airspace,' according to an agreement signed by President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki last November. Or maybe it won't."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020708B.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=al-Maliki
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Karen+DeYoung

rudkla - 7. Feb, 23:09

Mittwoch, 6. Februar 2008

US 'must remain in Iraq'

Republican White House hopeful John McCain yesterday insisted the US must maintain a long-term presence in Iraq and accused Democratic rivals of caving in to the forces of "evil".

http://snipurl.com/1z4l1

McCain: 100 years in Iraq "would be fine with me"

The United States military could stay in Iraq for "maybe a hundred years" and that "would be fine with me," John McCain told two hundred or so people at a town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFknKVjuyNk

From Information Clearing House

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=McCain

rudkla - 6. Feb, 22:44

Iraq pushes ahead with oil plans

The Iraqi government is inviting major oil multinationals to participate for the first time in the development of the oil industry, without waiting for the passage of crucial but controversial hydrocarbons legislation.

http://snipurl.com/1z4ky

From Information Clearing House

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Iraq+oil
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Big+Oil

rudkla - 6. Feb, 22:42

By Stephen Soldz

Congress should demand access to these documents to determine the extent to which attacks resulting in civilian casualties were authorized, potentially providing insight into who was responsible for possible war crimes committed in the course of the occupation.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19290.htm

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Rumsfeld
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+crimes
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=civilian+casualties
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Stephen+Soldz

rudkla - 6. Feb, 08:01

Iraqi Scientist Gave CIA Information That Should Have Prevented War

By Agence France Presse (AFP)

When Saad Tawfiq watched then-US Secretary of state Colin Powell's presentation to the United Nations on February 5, 2003, he shed bitter tears as he realized he had risked his life and those of his loved ones for nothing.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19291.htm

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Powell

rudkla - 6. Feb, 06:25

Dienstag, 5. Februar 2008

Sunni vs. Shia: The Real Bloody Battle for Baghdad

Patrick Cockburn, reporting for The Independent UK, writes, "Reconciliation between Sunni and Shia, seen by the US as essential for political progress in Iraq, is not happening."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020508B.shtml

http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Patrick+Cockburn

rudkla - 5. Feb, 22:44